Manuel Hauzinger

Manuel Hauzinger
Born (1982-12-03) 3 December 1982 (age 41)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Career history
Sweden
2005Getingarna
Great Britain
2005Isle of Wight
2006Newcastle
2007, 2009Birmingham
2008Swindon
Poland
2002Świętochłowice
2006Rawicz
2007, 2009Miskolc
2010Lublin
Denmark
2007–2008Fjelsted
Individual honours
2002, 2004-2010Austrian champion
2007Argentinian Champion
Team honours
2006Swedish Allsvenskan Champion

Manuel Hauzinger (born 3 December 1982, in Vienna, Austria)[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Austria. He is an eight times champion of Austria.[2][3] and earned 2 caps for the Austria national speedway team.[4]

Career

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He rode in the United Kingdom for the Berwick Bandits in the Premier League. He also rode for the Swindon Robins in the Elite League, replacing Theo Pijper.[5][6] He made a memorable debut for Swindon against the Eastbourne Eagles, where he scored 8 points and beat Grand Prix star Scott Nicholls.[7]

Hauzinger has won the Austrian National Championship eight times (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010) and represented Austria in the 2004 Speedway World Cup.[2] He also won the 2007 Argentine Championship.[8]

Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ a b "Indvidual [sic] Austrian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Manuel Hauzinger Austria". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  5. ^ "SPEEDWAY: Hauzinger pins hopes on Elite League career". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Hauzinger joins Robins for Pijper". BBC. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1930-2022 Argentinian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.